Loch & Union Gin – 2018 Spirit Awards

  • 27 December, 2018
  • 2 minutes
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Loch & Union Distilling 2018 | Racks Up 17 Individual Spirit Awards!

The 2018 calendar year proved to be a busy one for Loch & Union Distillery in Napa Valley, CA.   Awards ranging from Custom Spirits Packaging, Best in Class, to  Best California Gin Distillery the Loch & Union team has been making its presence in the industry known.

“Gin has many styles and variations and every distiller has their own way of doing things, like Grandma who swears by her apple pie. We’ve taken inspiration from the classics and made them our own.”Loch & Union

Tasting Notes

Aroma: Slightly vanilla tinged with heady notes of grilled mushroom, wet leaves, and a hint of anise and baking spice.

(The Gin Is In) Loch & Union’s Barley Gin wears the barley on its sleeve. The nose is full of classic hallmarks of malted barley. It’s slightly funky, slightly warming, and especially in the case of Barley Gin— it’s really nice. And balanced as well. Aromatics from the botanicals come through and add intrigue and depth. Notes of orange, cocoa, anise, and resiny juniper lie just under the surface.

Barley Gin is aromatically complex, but it’s primarily about the grain.

Palate: Grain and Madagascar vanilla bean husk early, juniper and cocoa beans mid-palate with orange and raspberry on the finish. 

Barley Gin takes a second to hit the palate. There’s a slight hint of grain and vanilla early. The creaminess segues into a mid-palate where the botanicals really roar. Juniper is a secondary player here, but present.

Custom Spirit Packaging by BIG SKY PACKAGING.

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